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<p>In this episode Producer Mike and Elaine have a conversation with TFAL graphic designer Vincent Collyer and his brother Charles Collyer about Charles&#8217; experience with a surprise diagnosis of lung cancer. Charles explains how a post Tough Mudder run lead to a rib injury which the X-rays lead to his lung cancer diagnosis. Post lung cancer surgery, somehow Charles decided to get back into running and began training for races.</p>
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<div style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/kpi/kpik1z-b78394996z.120080829174737000g1udsil8.1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1" alt="O.C. dance crew hopes to make its break on TV – Orange County Register" width="600" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Charles (bottom left) with Sick Step during their run on America&#8217;s Got Talent</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_7069" style="width: 455px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7069" data-attachment-id="7069" data-permalink="https://thisfilipinoamericanlife.com/2025/07/11/episode-235-joke-lungs-w-vincent-collyer-charles-collyer/whatsapp-image-2025-07-11-at-10-07-06-am/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/thisfilipinoamericanlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-11-at-10.07.06-AM.jpeg?fit=640%2C960&ssl=1" data-orig-size="640,960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="WhatsApp Image 2025-07-11 at 10.07.06 AM" data-image-description="<p>Vincent &#038; Charles at Producer Mike and Elaine&#8217;s wedding</p>
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<div style="width: 544px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" class="" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzgzZTc5NzEtODljZS00NTcxLTllMGYtYjFmNTY1MjNkODYzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg" alt="Charles Collyer - IMDb" width="534" height="712" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Emmy award winning visual effects artists Charles Collyer</p></div>
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